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poddy adjective [ ˈpɒdi ]

• (of a young farm animal) fed by hand.
• "there's always a special bond with the animals that have been poddy calves or lambs"
• (of a person) fat.

poddy noun

• a calf, in particular one which is fed by hand.
• "poddies were a lot of work because of the constant feeding"

poddy verb

• feed (a young animal) by hand.
• "poddying the calves was to be my job, so Fred told me"
Origin: mid 18th century (in the sense ‘resembling a pod’): from pod1 + -y1.


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